Marie Kaddell, LexisNexis Senior Information Professional Consultant, invites you to join her for the February edition of the Government Info Pro Smart Learning webinar series for government librarians. Join Marie and her featured guest speaker, Chet Lexvold, LexisNexis Government Solutions Consultant, for the February 2015 session: Spotlight on Secondary Sources - Matthew Bender.

Session Description:

In this Government Info Pro Smart Learning webinar we’ll cover:

• The value of using legal treatises for research• Why Matthew Bender? A brief background on Matthew Bender publishing.• Top Bender titles for the federal practitioner • The most efficient methods for doing the following on Lexis Advance:

When do I . . . ? Browse Sources vs. using the Word Wheel to access Bender titles

Setting publication and search alerts for Bender titles geared toward current awareness; and

George Franchois, Director, U.S. Department of the Interior Library, extends an invitation to an upcoming free Department of the Interior Library Training Session: "Legislative History Research on Lexis Advance".

Does the idea of legislative history research sound scary? This program will make you feel more comfortable with the process!

Here's the info:

Hi Everyone -

I just wanted to send an e-mail to invite you and your staffs to the Department of the Interior Library on Wednesday, February 11th from 2:00 to 3:15 pm for a training session entitled "Legislative History Research on Lexis Advance" part of our series of free training sessions at the DOI Library.

Lexis Advance delivers legal and legislative content within a single intuitive interface that includes: pre- and post-filters, folders for storing and sharing, research history, alerts and 24/7 customer support. Lexis Advance includes exclusive tools such as integrated results from the open Web where users can search it along with content from Lexis simultaneously; and a visual and intuitive Workplace Carousel interface that enables the user to store search history, save recent and favorite filters, access work folders, set up alerts and access customer service. Attendees to this training program will learn how to use the Lexis Advance legal and legislative database to find materials needed to complete a legislative history. Learn how to access publications like the U.S. Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, and House and Senate Reports, to find specific documents used to determine the intent behind a piece of legislation. This class will be taught by a LexisNexis representative.

All that are interested are invited. Please note that the new DOI Library is located in Room 2262 of the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building. The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building is located at 1849 C Street, NW in Washington, DC. Space for the program is limited so please go to the following link to register:

Also note that this class is also being offered to remote users as a simultaneous online webinar. Please indicate on the online registration form if you wish to obtain information about webinar access to this program.

You may contact the Library by phone at (202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at library@ios.doi.gov for more information about this program or if you have trouble registering using the link above. For more information about the DOI Library, its resources, and its services, please visit our website at http://www.doi.gov/library.

We hope that you can attend either in person or virtually on February 11th!

Recently a coworker at LexisNexis passed away unexpectedly. She left three sad cats behind who are looking for a new home and the chance to (hopefully) stay together. If you are a cat person with room in your home and heart to take them in, or know someone who might be interested in adopting these beautiful orphaned cats, please email me and I'll get you connected with the right people.

As editor for Best Practices for GovernmentLibrariesI want to put out the last call for article submissions for the 2014 edition. The deadline is Monday, December 8th.

For those who want to write a Best Practices for Government Libraries article, there's still time. Take this opportunity to get published. Please send me a note and let me know you are writing and what your topic will be if you have not done so already.

As a reminder...

For 2014 the topic is: Strong Roots, New Branches: Embracing Core Skills, Building New Ones and Expanding Your Impact in the Organization. It's a fantastic topic because you can write about it from so many different angles.

Here's some more information on Best Practices:

Best Practices for Government Libraries, showcases government librarians who are innovating and creating success in the workplace and beyond. The 2013 Best Practices for Government Libraries includes 70 articles and other submissions provided by more than 75 contributors from libraries in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis consultants, and more.

For the 2014 edition of Best Practices, please submit your electronic documents to marie.kaddell@lexisnexis.com, If you have any questions about the 2014 Best Practices, please do not hesitate to contact me.

This is your opportunity to step into the spotlight! Take advantage of it and share your successes, your ideas, and your wisdom. I am looking forward to seeing a broad spectrum of content again this year and I hope you will make it a point to participate.

Marie Kaddell, LexisNexis Senior Information Professional Consultant, invites you to join her for the November edition of the Government Info Pro Smart Learning webinar series for government librarians.Join Marie and her featured guest speakers, Scott Meiser, Senior Director, LexisNexis Digital Library and eBook Solutions, for the November 2014 session: eBooks – A New Chapter in Legal Publishing.

Session Description:

In this Government Info Pro Smart Learning webinar you will:

Learn about legal publishing and eBook trends

Gain insight into the challenges and questions LexisNexis has heard from public, government, law firm, and law school libraries as they consider expanding their digital collections

If you are interested in building your brand, sharing your expertise, and expanding your professional network, this DC/SLA program on blogging will be of interest. You can attend in person or sign up for the webinar. Here is all the information...

Writing Series: Blogging for Work, Blogging for Life

Why blog? Blogging can help you build your presence in the professional community, grow your expertise on topics of professional and personal interest, expand your career options, develop professional connections, and satisfy your creative spirit. Our three panelists will share their blogging journey and what they’ve learned along the way. Whether you’ve never written a blog post before or you’re a seasoned blogger, this program will provide insight and inspiration from three very different perspectives.

Marie has been blogging since 2000. She authored a personal blog for 8 years, sharing the funny side of life for a working mom living in suburbia. In 2006 she took her blogging skills to work and started the Government Info Pro blog as a resource for government librarians. Recently, she took her blogging skills to a whole new place – an author blog: Make Mine Paranormal. Writing under her maiden name, Marie Michelle Coleman, Marie recently released the first book in a paranormal romance/urban fantasy series – Bespoken. Her blog serves as part of her author platform. Marie will be presenting on workplace blogging and the strategic use of your blogging experience.

Aileen has been blogging since 2010, about a year after she started Library School. Blogging about traditional librarianship at first, she branched out when she discovered her passion for non-traditional librarianship. About four months ago, she re-designed and transitioned her blog Picturesque to reflect her personal writing: She is currently working on her first Science Fiction novel and shares experiences about writing and editing a story/manuscript, among other things. She also just started a new blog called A Journey Towards Health And Beauty, which chronicles her experiences switching to cruelty-free, organic and mostly vegan personal care and other products as well as lifestyle changes. Aileen will be presenting on the challenges of finding your own voice and branding your blog.

Christian has been blogging for six years. She is the author of two personal blogs: Silver Blades & Pink Slippers shares her experience as an adult figure skater, and Climbing the Stacks chronicles her adventures in the world of librarianship. Christian will be presenting on utilizing blogging as a student and new librarian, and finding the balance in sharing your personal and professional life online.

LexisNexis has teamed with GeoPoll to disseminate legal information to citizens and practitioners in developing countries and we need YOUR help!

The US Agency for International Development has issued a competition for “innovative ideas that promote good governance”. LN and GeoPoll have made the first round—but now we need YOUR vote to make the project a reality.

This competition focuses global attention on creative solutions that use mobile technology to promote the rule of law. LexisNexis and GeoPoll have come together to respond with a basic concept: Know Your Rights M3 Mobile Messaging to the Masses—utilizing GeoPoll’s mobile platforms to disseminate LNs legal content. With your VOTE we can enhance civic engagement, good governance and promote the rule of law.

Please vote. Site registration is required. To vote click through the link, register on the site and then click on the up arrow over the number. Voting is open until November 23. You can only vote once.

As the submission deadline gets closers, I've had some requests for more time to write and submit for the 2014 Best Practices for Government Libraries. If you're working on an article and need a little extra time or want to write but haven't even started yet, you can breath easy! The new deadline is Monday, December 8th.

For those who want to write a Best Practices for Government Libraries article but haven't started yet, here's your chance. Take this opportunity to get published. Please send me a note and let me know you wish to write and what your topic will be. You have plenty of time to write that article now.

If you are on target for finishing your article up, please don't slow down! Get it to me.

As a reminder...

For 2014 the topic is: Strong Roots, New Branches: Embracing Core Skills, Building New Ones and Expanding Your Impact in the Organization. It's a fantastic topic because you can write about it from so many different angles. Send me a note if you want some help on your topic and I'll give you some guidance! I love co-authored articles, so team up and write.

Here's some more information on Best Practices:

Best Practices for Government Libraries, showcases government librarians who are innovating and creating success in the workplace and beyond. The 2013 Best Practices for Government Libraries includes 70 articles and other submissions provided by more than 75 contributors from libraries in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis consultants, and more.

For the 2014 edition of Best Practices, please submit your electronic documents to marie.kaddell@lexisnexis.com or mail hard copy contributions to Marie Kaddell, LexisNexis, Suite 600, 1150 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. The deadline for submission is October 24, 2014. If you have any questions about the 2014 Best Practices, please do not hesitate to contact me.

This is your opportunity to step into the spotlight! Take advantage of it and share your successes, your ideas, and your wisdom. I am looking forward to seeing a broad spectrum of content again this year and I hope you will make it a point to participate.

George Franchois, Director, U.S. Department of the Interior Library, extends an invitation to an upcoming free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lecture entitled "DOI Library Park Ranger Speaker Series - The Election of 1864".

If you love history, these are fascinating programs to attend. The Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lectures are a great example of government libraries successfully partnering with other groups in the organization. You can read more about it in this article by Jennifer Klang, Head of Reference Services, Department of the Interior Library: Department of the Interior Offers Popular National Park Service Lecture Series (starting on page 81) and over 70 other articles and submissions provided by more than 75 contributors including librarians in government agencies, courts, and the military, professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more. in the 2012 Best Practices in Government Libraries.

Now, read on:

Hi Everyone -

Please join us for the next in our regular monthly series of free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lectures, entitled "The Election of 1864" on Tuesday, October 21st from 1:00 - 1:45 pm in Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building's John Muir Room.

It is hard for modern Americans to believe that Abraham Lincoln, one of history's most beloved Presidents, was nearly defeated in his reelection attempt in 1864. Yet by that summer, Lincoln himself feared he would lose. The country had not elected an incumbent President for a second term since Andrew Jackson in 1832. Also, his embrace of emancipation was still a problem for many Northern voters. Despite Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg a year earlier, the Southern armies came back fighting with a vengeance. During three months in the summer of 1864, over 65,000 Union soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing-in-action. With the balance of the American Civil War hanging on a uncomfortable edge, President Lincoln needed military successes to secure victory over the Democratic challenger, George B. McClellan, the former commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Please join Park Ranger Paul O'Brian as he examines how President Lincoln won in 1864. Was it General Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley? Or was it General Sherman's March to the Sea? The answers to these questions and more will be discussed in "The Election of 1864."

All that are interested are invited. The John Muir Room is located in the basement level of the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building, adjacent to and towards the back of the Interior Department cafeteria. The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building is located at 1849 C Street, NW in Washington. Space for the program is limited so please go to the following link to register:

Please also note that we will be offering WebEx webinar access for this program. If you are interested in remote live access to this program, please send an e-mail to library@ios.doi.gov.

You may contact the Library by phone at (202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at library@ios.doi.gov for more information about this program and/or directions. For more information about DOI Library resources and services, please visit the DOI Library's website, located at http://www.doi.gov/library.